Future in safe hands’ Abhinav Bindra lauds India’s show at Mexico Shooting World Cup
India continued its glorious run in International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup being held at Guadalajara, Mexico as Indian shooter Akhil Sheoran clinched a gold medal in the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event.
Sheoran also became the fourth young Indian shooter to win a medal on ISSF World Cup debut. This was India's fourth gold medal after Manu Bhaker, Om Prakash Mitharval and Shahzar Rizvi, bagged the yellow metal in the competition so far.
Sheoran shot 455.6 in the final to pip Austria's Bernhard Pickl in second place with 452.
In the concluding event of the World Cup on Sunday, the three Indians in the Men's Skeet competition, however failed to reach the podium with Smit Singh shooting 116 in qualifying to finish at the 15th spot, Angad Bajwa shot 115 to end in 18th while Sheeraz Sheikh secured the 30th spot with a score of 112.
India's Smit was placed seventh in the beginning of the day and stood a chance of qualifying but rounds of 22,23 and 23 put paid to all such hopes.
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Sheoran, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, got 151.6 points in kneeling, 155.1 in prone and 148.9 in the standing elimination round of the championship.
Meanwhile, Manu Bhaker has qualified in fourth place for the women's 25m Pistol Final, shooting a score of 581. Hancock, the 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion, won the gold.
India remained on top of the medals standings with four Gold, one Silver and four Bronze for a total of nine medals.
China and France each claimed five medals with the former's haul made up of two golds, two silvers and one bronze, and the latter's of one gold, one silver and three bronzes.
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